Hog-oiler.



J. B. NICCUM.

HOG OILER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1914.

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JESSE B. NICCUM, or LIBERTY, INDIANA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

Application filed November 19, 1914. Serial No. 872,914.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Jnssn B. NiccUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Liberty, Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in. Hog-Oilers, -of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hog oilers of the class used by stock raisers for destroying vermin on animals by permitting them to rub themselves on a surface coated with oil of a quality suited to the purpose, and the objects of my improvements are to provide a roller journaled in a horizontal position to turn freely in suitable fixed bearings and in a trough. suspended thereunder containing oil that the surface of the roller may be coated with oil as it may be turned by means of the contact of the animal therewith; to provide the roller or hollow cylinder with open ends to permit access for cleaning its interior and also to prevent the displacement of so much oil in the trough; to provide stationary guards for the open ends of the cylinder to prevent the animals feet from getting therein; to perforate the face of the cylinder for the passage of the oil therethrough and also to make it more efficient for applying the oil, and also more pleasureable to the animal rubbing thereon, and to provide simple and durable construction and assemblage of the various members for securing facility of operation and eiiiciency of action. These objects may be attained in the following described manner as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is an end elevation of a hog oiler embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 a side elevation with parts broken away and parts in diametrical section; Fig. 3 an end elevation of the hollow cylinder; Fig. 4 an end elevation, and Fig. 5 a side elevation with parts broken away, of the trough or pan.

In the drawings, 1 represents the end supports preferably consisting of metal and each formed with a vertically extending guard 2 and with legs 3 whereby they may be secured to the sills 4t. Said guards are each formed with an open slot 5 which is extended vertically from the axial bearings 6 in the supports. Tie rods 7 secured in the openings 8 on the respective sides of the supports serve to connect them together the proper distance apart. The trough 9, preferably consists of sheet metal approximately semi-circular in form with closed ends 11 and formed with outwardly curved and overhanging lateral edges 12 adapted to detachably engage with the corresponding rods 7 whereby it may be suspended between the supports 1. The cylinder or roller 13 consisting of sheet metal preferably perforated, is secured at its ends to the spiders 14 which are each formed with a projecting axial journal 15 adapted to be removably inserted through slots 5 and turn freely in the bearings 6 on the supports. The curvature of the trough is concentric to the face of the cylinder but just out of contact therewith as shown in Fig. 1, that it may not interfere with the free rotative movement of the cylinder therein.

In operation, suitable oil may be placed in the trough to its nearly full capacity as the hollow cylinder will not displace much of its contents. The animals in rubbing or scratching themselves against the cylinder causeit to turn and thus keep its surface coated with oil from the trough which adheres by contact with the animal to destroy the vermin.

and thereby preserve its health.

For convenience of cleaning or for shippin both the cylinder and the trough are easily removable from the supports.

Having fully described my improvements, what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

In a hog oiler the combination of end supports formed with vertical slotted guards,

tie rods and sills adapted to removably connectthem together, a semicircular trough formed with overhanging edges for detachably engaging with the rods, and a perforated cylinder formed with open ends and removably journaled in the slots of the guards and concentric with and depending within and in near proximity to the trough, for the purposes specified.

JESSE B. NICCUM;

itnesses BOYD S. NIccUM, R. S. CARR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

